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09 Special Series - Floral Part 2 Student's Images - Translucency
In today's Part 2, we had the pleasure of seeing the incredible creativity of our participants. Just as importantly, we also examined some common mistakes, looking closely at why they happened and what we can learn from them. Next week, in Part 3, we’ll take things a step further—seeing how those mistakes can be corrected and revisiting some of the wonderful images we didn’t have enough time to cover. It promises to be both insightful and inspiring!

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10 Special Series - Floral Part 3 Student's Images - Translucency

Today, we gained a deeper understanding of Floral Translucency. We reviewed submissions and also saw two blending modes:

1. The Difference Blending Mode, which helps us see if we moved our camera or tripod while bracketing, and
2. The Divide Blend mode, which helps eliminate colour casting:
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnWF-TumQXw&t=228s

This series will continue with adding floral textures onto buildings and light painting, so keep tuned!

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11 Special Series - Floral Part 4 Adding Floral Tapestry to Buildings

October 28

Floral Meets the City!

Continuing our popular Floral Series, this session will take your creativity to the streets! Sharon will guide you through the art of incorporating floral ‘wallpaper’ into your city scenes, transforming everyday urban spaces into vibrant, textured canvases. We’ll explore a variety of floral textures and patterns, encouraging experimentation—there are no limits to what you can try!

You’ll also learn how to identify images that are ideal candidates for this type of creative project, and we’ll cover the step-by-step process of crafting your own floral tapestry. Whether you’re working with a pattern you’ve created yourself or one you’ve purchased, Sharon will show you how to seamlessly blend florals with cityscapes, adding a fresh, imaginative layer to your photography.

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12 Special Series - Floral Part 5 Floral Adding Floral Tapestry to Buildings - STUDENT WORK

Last week, we focused on the foundational principles — exploring concepts, techniques, and creative intent. This week, it’s all about YOU and your work! We’ll be reviewing participants’ images, celebrating your progress, and diving deep into each creative vision. This is a wonderful opportunity to see how everyone interprets the same ideas in their own unique way. We’ll discuss composition choices, editing decisions, and how your artistic voice shines through in your images.

A few links. for next week. They are all great, I highly recommend watching and trying.

1. Jose Remirez's (Photoshop Training Channel) video Tutorial on Perspective Warp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKKllyNZPNg&list=LL
   
   
2. Retut Studio on Perspective Transform: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fiVGQ2rkIg
   
   
3. PixemPerfect on Perspective Transform: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py0dlOAUfp4
   

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13 Special Series - Floral Part 6 Adding Floral Tapestry to Buildings
- PARTICIPANTS WORK

Continuing to review images submitted by Patreons. In this session, we had a look at Anita's and Ernie's images. We saw how to add perspective and depth to floral tapestries.

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14 Special Series - Floral ICM Part 1

Continuing our Special Series on Studio Floral Photography. In response to many Patreons requests, this session will focus specifically on In-Studio Floral ICM. We’ll look at how to set up a simple studio environment, choose the right flowers, manage lighting, and apply intentional camera movement to create well-structured, expressive images.

We discussed what makes a good subject for this technique, how to control motion for different visual effects, and how to refine your results through multiple takes.

Charlotte Bellamy's Youtube Video ICM tutorial Exploring shutter speed and periods of stillness in an exposure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOwA9dU2F3Y&t=20s

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Thank you IronMarco

 

15 Special Series - Floral ICM Part 2 - STUDENT WORK

In this session, we reviewed the submission and learned about the different exposure times and techniques used by the different participants.

Also, Sharon demonstrated how to convert a white background to black using the LAB color space.

Next week we will continue to view more submissions we didn't have time to get to today.

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16 Special Series - Floral ICM Part 3 - STUDENT WORK

Building on the previous two sessions, we continued reviewing participant submissions. The focus was on moving beyond simply creating an ICM image to processing an image in a way that tells a story. Rather than using advanced post-processing techniques, we demonstrated how thoughtful use of basic Photoshop tools can elevate an image and result in a more refined and sophisticated final photograph.

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17 Special Series - Floral Light Painting - STUDENT WORK
Today we reviewed participants’ experiments with light-painted floral images—a process that is far from easy and naturally involves trial and error. Some approaches worked better than others, and many images revealed both successes and challenges along the way.
This session looks closely at what emerged from these experiments, highlighting practical observations, discoveries, and helpful adjustments. Watching the replay will give you useful tips and insights that can help you refine your approach and feel more confident when exploring light painting with flowers.

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